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This devotional address, entitled A Wonderful Flood of Light, was given on December 7th of 2004

by Daniel K. Judd, then an associate professor of ancient scripture at BYU, as well as

first counselor in the Sunday School General

Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

My dear brothers and sisters, this is truly a wonderful experience to join with you

in this devotional assembly today. I compliment each one of you for taking time

out of your busy schedules

to attend. In addition to the remarkable students of Brigham Young University, the faculty

and staff and others, I would also like to acknowledge the presence of my family and friends

and those who are listening this devotional from afar.

The topic I have chosen to address today is what Latter-day Apostles and Prophets have described

as a wonderful flood of light, an apt description for what we have come to know as the

restored gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I would like to begin by sharing with you a story of a woman living on the sea coast of

Ireland at the turn of the last century.

This woman was quite wealthy, but also very frugal.

Her neighbors were surprised when she was among the first in her area to have electricity

installed in her home. Several weeks

after having the power were installed, a man from the electric company visited her in her home

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